we’ve been abandoned by our government (not that they cared anyways), and we’re forced to go to work because of that fact. Individualism and american exceptionalism has poisoned the country, no one gives a fuck about each other, and we’re all gonna fucking die because of some fucking rich colonials that thought we were special
And Biden’s plan is to get contact tracing going, which doesn’t work in America because nobody answers the phone anymore because robocall telemarketers are still legal
Mind you, the spread is now so uncontrolled that even if everyone answered their phones / followed contact tracing rules religiously, it wouldn’t help much. Contact tracing for covid works, sometimes, but only if you do it very early. The only thing that can slow down the spread at this point in the US is a serious, constraining, nationwide lockdown (all bars, schools and non essential stores closed nationwide, etc.) - which the US won’t implement, and in fact I think genuinely doesn’t have the capability to implement due in part to the individualism OP mentioned. It’s not only a monstrous country, it’s also a failed one.
lockdown
I think it’s too late, most cases spread in homes or between close proximity people. Shutting down for another year will just slow the curve lol
I meant lockdown similar to what many EU countries (such as mine) did, where even family gatherings and the like are officially forbidden - almost impossible to enforce of course, but it was relatively well-followed here (probably wouldn’t go that well in the US of course). No private parties, no marriages and the like. You’re physically with the persons you live with for the duration and that’s it. Can work from home, you do it, can’t and non essential worker, you don’t and the state pays your salary for the duration. Under those conditions, if followed by a large enough majority, I believe the virus incidence would decrease quickly (worked here in France).
We’re somehow at a point where I know multiple non-chud people who are planning to take flights across the country in the upcoming weeks/months. These are people who are mostly fully aware of the situation, not denialists or anything, but they have weddings and family or whatever and are just going for it anyway.
